Blotter-holder.



J.L. KIMBALL.

BLOTTER HOLDERI APPLICATION msn APR. 22. 1915.

l, 182,77 l. Patented May 9, 1916.

FFIQE.

JAMES L. KIMBALL, vO'l VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 A. W. ROSSING, OF VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA.

BLOTTER-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 22, 1915. Serial No. 23,223.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, J AMES L. KIMBALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Virginia, in the county of St. Louis and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blotter- I-Iolders; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in blotter holders or clips.

The object of the invention is to provide a simply constructed and efficient device of this character to avoid the necessity of fumbling for a blotter when writing and which is so constructed that the blotter may be readily lifted thereby without laying down the pen which the writer s using.

IVith this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure l represents a perspective view of a blotter showing this improvedvholder applied; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the hand of the user in position for raising and actuating the blotter without releasing the pen; Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken onf the line 3 3 of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a detail perspective View of the holder detached.

A blotter holder to be useful ordinarily must be very simple in construction and cost little to manufacture and it must also be designed so that it can be employed with blotters of varying thicknesses. It is also necessary that the holder be so constructed that a worn blotter may be quickly replaced by a new one and the holder which this invention contemplates meets these requirements.

The improved blotter holder constituting this invention comprises a clip l constructed of a strip of resilient metal preferably nickel-plated. This metal strip is folded transversely intermediate of its ends preferably at a point about one-third of the length thereof and is so bent as to form a transversely extending loop 2 which is designed as a linger grip for grasping the holder to prevent it from slipping from between the fingers of the user. After this strip has been so folded to provide this loop, the members thereof are arranged in close contact and together they are bent in substantially L- shaped form with the arm 3 doubled throughout its length and provided at its free end with the loop 2, while the other arm 4 is of single thickness and is provided at its free end at' the corners thereof with upturned penetrating spurs 5 which are designed to be embedded in the blotter to be held and assist in reliably retaining the holder in engagement with the blotter. The other end of the strip which overlaps the inner face of the arm 4 is slightly deflected at its free edge to form a cooperating clamping Jaw 6 which terminates at a point about midway the length of the arm 4 and is designed to receive between it and said arm 4 one edge of the blotter to be held, said blotter being here shown at B. After the blotter edge is placed between the jaw 6 and the arm 4 the spurs 5 are forced upwardly into engagement therewith and thus the blotter is securely clamped to the holder ready for use.

In the use of the blotter B equipped with this holder the loop carrying arm 3 is designed to be grasped between the thumb and index finger of the hand as shown in Fig. 2 and the other fingers may be spread over the blotter to force it downwardly into engagement with the paper to be blotted without necessitating the laying down of the pen, as obviously the pen may be moved upwardly between the fingers of the user as shown in Fig. 2.

I claim as my invention:

A blotter holder comprising a resilient metal rectangular strip folded intermediately of its ends to provide a transversely arranged finger gripping loop, said foldedA strip being bent at a point intermediately between the ends thereof to form a substantially. L-shaped clip, the arm of said clip carrying the gripping loop having the members thereof contacting throughout their length to form a compact substantially rigid member, the free ends of said strip extend- In testimony whereof I have hereunto set ing forwardly n the same direction and an my hand n presence of two subscribing ranged substantially parallel to form clamp- Witnesses. ing jaws one of which is shorter than the JAMES L. KIMBALL. other, the corners of the longer end being Witnesses:

upturned to form penetrating blotter en- J. R. KROGDAHL, gaglng spurs.

A. W. RossI'NG.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner on'. Patents, d

Washington, D. C.

It is hereby certified that Letters Patent No. 1,182,771, granted May 9, 1916,

upon the application of James L. Kimball, of Virginia, Minnesota, for an improvement in BlotterHolders,y Were erroneously issued to the inventor, said Kimball,

and A. W. Rossing, jointly, Whereas said Letters Patent should have been issued to said James L. Kimball as sole owner of said finwmtfionj and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 20th day of June, A. D., 1916.

[SEAL] I I J. T. NEWTON,

Acting Commissioner of Patente. 

